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Jeremy Halstead
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since 2000-06-01
Posts 569
Morris, Ill. U.S.A

0 posted 2004-02-28 09:16 AM




The Gutter Boy

Belly down and defeated,
I'm scratching my horrid way along
the stinking, dirty curbside.
"O! Death bring me your sweet release"
I scream.
My blackened eyes gaze about for
any who hear my bloody cry.
Just as the azure beyond
couldn't be a fainter dream,
I hear my awaited response.
Another scream...
from the sickly gutter
in which lies my only hope.
He peers up at my
fortune through the sewage
with a wide eyed admiration
and longing that only the forgotten
can know.
I love him for being so wretched,
for I am not.

Jeremy

Be it in the truest form, or a desperate lack thereof, fail not to understand that the inspiration is love.

© Copyright 2004 Jeremy D. Halstead - All Rights Reserved
young_blood
Senior Member
since 2003-09-19
Posts 1115
Indianapolis, IN
1 posted 2004-02-28 12:05 PM


this was the best of the ones i've read from you. i like the thought of the "azure" being so far away. i also like how the perspective changes to being thankful that you aren't as bad off as other people. good work!
-alex

now im alone, but not lonely like before

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